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When you're worn down

Scripture for the weary

For the tired soul and the long task: rest that is given, not earned. Read, or let it be sung over you.

Play the set 4 chapters · sung by Psalm Selah

Also: Anxious Grieving

Weariness is not weakness. Scripture offers rest as a gift from the God who neither slumbers nor sleeps, and who carries what we cannot.

Chapters that meet the weary

Drawn from the cross-reference graph. Read or hear any one.

Matthew 11 “Come to me, all you who labor... and I will give you rest.” Rest read Psalms 23 “He makes me lie down in green pastures.” Restoration ● sung Isaiah 40 “Those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength.” Renewal read Psalms 121 “He who keeps you will not slumber.” Keeping ● sung

Verses to hold onto

“Those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles.”

Isaiah 40:31

Questions

What does the Bible say about being tired?

Scripture meets weariness with the promise of rest in God, most directly in Matthew 11:28-30, where Jesus invites the labored and heavy-laden to come and find rest for their souls.

A short reading plan

Day 1 Matthew 11 · the invitation to rest

Day 2 Isaiah 40 · renewed strength

Day 3 Psalms 23 · green pastures

Know someone running on empty? Send them rest, sung.